The Osceola times., 1887-10-08
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ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN

Tor s4i',OOu
MRs. CUMMINGS. of Woburn, Mass
who gave handsome library buildina
TO the two towns of Tilton and NORTH
field. n. H., has added to her ,;f,
library of eight hundred volumes.
MRs. ADA NJ. RITTENBENprR xo.
nominated by the Nebraska Probibi.
ton convection as their candidate for
district judge. Mrs. Rittenbender Il +.
member of the Lincoln bar, and much
esteemed.
Mrs. G. L. RoDDEY Is the inven,o,
of many devices used in kindergarten
work. Just now she is superintend.
ing the manufacture. at Springfeld
of five hundred models of kinder.
garten slate. ...f
EMILY 5. BoUroS, in her "House.
hold Column of the Toledo Bitde |.
doing excellent service for women.
She gives valuable suggestions and ad.
vice for the material needs of women
which deserve to be preserved in book
form.
TIE higher education of women is
not lessening their fitness to be moth.
ers of the next generations ii is fur
nishing the mothers of the race to be.
with the education and culture which
viii maze the training Of the genera.
ton worthy of its origin. r Hrald.
Miss JOSEPHINE POLLARD has AS
sisted John II. Vincent. of Chauiau.
qua, il compiling large and striking
quarto volume. entitled "Thc Home
Book" designed as "a home library
"for very little people, their brother.
and sisters, their mothers and teach.
ers.'
Mrs. Polly FoRD, of Milford. near
New Haven. was one hundred years
old on September |. She has not been
to church since 1876, but is member
of the Congregational denomination.
When in her eighly-third year she re-
ceivcd her second sight, and can see
better than many at sixty years Of
age.
ARE we an unhealthy nGtion? There
are more than three times as many
physicians in America as in France.
proportionately. What would become
of this army of doctors if American
women were to dress properly and ex.
ercisc IN the open air regularlyP-
| Eliza Putnam Eed'o'i, In Br0oklyn
Times.
DE. ELIZABETH BEATTY. of lndorc,
sent out by the Presbyterian church in
Canada as n medical missionary. has
treated over six thousand patients in
the past twelve months, and thinks a
hospital and traiuing-sehool for Hin
doc women would make thousands Of
converts to Christianity. - Bonlaa';
! J1nrnaL
Miss CHARLOTTE MoEhLI, who has
been spoken Of as a possible successor
to Miss Freeman rs president Of
Wellesley, is secretary of the Adelphi
Academy. Of Brooklyn. She is fine
looking woman, with clear. healthy
complexion, bright eyes and dark hair.
She has n quick smile, is n brilliant
talker, is the personiiication of COM
nonsense and goodwill. and has been
actively engaged in educational work
for years.
Mrs. FAIRBANKS addressed the Con.
ference Of Charities and Corrections at
its session IN Omaha. Ncb, August
%, on the subject Of work among
children. She presented Il paper by
Mrs. I. H. Pierce, at Davenport Ia.
emphasizing the value of Kindness
with children, especially young girls,
and, above all, working girls. Mrs
Lizzie Gorgas, matron Of the Chilis
Home at Defiance, O., read n paper On
the location of institutions for the caO
of children. aud Mrs. Virginia s.
Smith, OF Connecticut, spoke OF the
economy oi the State ia the care Of de-
pendent children.
MRs. GoyERSoR CLAFLIN, for the
purpose of a saving influence on tho
children who roamcd near her homs,
has organized them into a Loyal
League, to be- oiliccred by The young
people themselves. The members al!
sign Il pledge to use no oaths or vul-
ger language; neither alcoholic liquors
ncr tobacco, and TO seek 20 perform as
many acts Of kindness as possible. n
fine playground on the premises is ar
ranged for them. At their meetings
which arc quite frequent, all the for
mtltes of wcll-conducted club AFRO
sc,upulously attended to-oi itself an
Invaluable discipline tor the children
Any breaches of the pledge are then
considered, the lads themselves pro
posing a fine in such cases, and tlIs
members are called upon to mention
agy acts of thoughtfulncss or kindness
that they have performed for Others
since the previous meeting. The To
srit already appears in the subsidenee
of the use of oaths and tobacco, and III
the increased respect for the amenities
of life. Mrs. Claflin invited these eIli.
dren to her own beautiful home. ana
thus gave them an idea of q better
home life than they had known. lhe
example isan excellent one. worthy %
imitation.